If anyone's thinking of buying a TLS1000...

[98tls]

Hold fire as i know of one that may well be for sale shortly and you would look hard to find a better one,its mine and maybe im biased but it really is a nice one compared to any.Works turned to shite big time and somethings got to give,not practical to sell one of the cars etc,ive other bikes but thats not going to work,this thing is well set up and has an endless amount of aftermarket stuff and enough spares to almost build another TL:laugh:hate to do it but may well be a needs must,as i said if theres anyone thinking then hold fire a short while,not definate but looks like it will be.Maybe should ave put this in online trading but its not a definate thing so...........Click avatar for a pic of it.

[JimO]

dont do it mate, how about selling one of your kidneys

[paturoa]

NNOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Can't you just deregister it and put it on ice?

[twotyred]

dont do it mate, how about selling one of your kidneys

or first born??? :shit:

[Maha]

I know what you mean about the work thing....fecken slow here also, talking to someone the other day about it and they said ''you may have to sell your bike''....na!
Circumstances are that, if I was to sell the bike, it would only me and not the business, so it stays.
Its tough out there though mate...I had no work yesterday or friday but the rest of the week looks ok as does Monday. Day by Day really.
Best of luck buddy, it certainly is Fine Example!!!

[98tls]

Might just as well throw in a few pics.Aftermarket suspenders/steering damper,heaps of carbon,05 Busa 6 pots,5/8th master/braided lines,aftermarket rearsets/undertray with leds,Supersprox rear sprocket new chain etc blah blah blah.....to much more to list.Since those pics theres been an SV chin spoiler put on it which looks pretty good even if it is off an SV.....lol.

[twotyred]

not definate but looks like it will be.Maybe should ave put this in online trading but its not a definate thing so...........Click avatar for a pic of it.

kudos for offering it to the faithful first rather than the timewaste-fest that is tardme,if it must go,then I hope you get top dollar for it:drool:

[dangerous]

Works turned to shite big time and somethings got to give,not practical to sell one of the cars etc, dont be a wanker man, ya only need one car and I notice you use plural.

Work will return... and if you sell something like the green maggot then you will never replace it unless you spend twice the sale price, and that wont happen... give up the faggs ya poof.

[paturoa]

....blah blah blah.....to much more to list.

best is the blingy clutch cover (and nothing wrong with SV bits unless they are on a TL of course)

[paturoa]

... give up the faggs ya poof.

Was that a typo - isn't there only one g?

....for you mane landa sheep shagger types?

[98tls]

best is the blingy clutch cover (and nothing wrong with SV bits unless they are on a TL of course) Yea forgot about that,6 bolt TLR clutch fitted with blingy lexan window,one off pressure plate and anodized retainers,blingy bullshit but something different,quite funny at rallys really,people always saying "can you start it up so i can take a pic".

[98tls]

kudos for offering it to the faithful first rather than the timewaste-fest that is tardme,if it must go,then I hope you get top dollar for it:drool: Cheers,bastard of a suituation really but just thought i would post it up if indeed the worst comes to the worst,its getting on and not worth that much but would give me a bit of breathing space.

[Shadows]

What do you do for a crust?

[dipshit]

Bummer to hear about you work slowing down to that extent.


and maybe im biased but it really is a nice one compared to any.

Well i can certainly say it is the most impressive and best looking TL i have seen!

[98tls]

Bummer to hear about you work slowing down to that extent.



Well i can certainly say it is the most impressive and best looking TL i have seen! Cheers dip,hows things down the road?good i hope.

[wilber]

As Dangerous so nicely put it dont do it mate you'll miss the old girl ,sell the ute the tls will be hard to replace or even get near what its really worth.

[imdying]

Well... where to start...

How much do you want for it? And are you likely to want to buy it back?

What do you do for a living, perhaps there's another option in your industry? (i.e. someone might know of another job)

Sell that shitty ute! Falcons are a dime a dozen in this country! At least you'll have a hope of getting what it's worth, you'll not get half of what the TL cost to build.


BTW, this bike was TL of the Month (http://www.tlzone.net/forums/tl-month/93254-tlotm-winners-07-a.html) over at TLZone in March 07.

[Morcs]

mmmm vandriver bits... mmmm

[98tls]

Well... where to start...

How much do you want for it? And are you likely to want to buy it back?

What do you do for a living, perhaps there's another option in your industry? (i.e. someone might know of another job)

Sell that shitty ute! Falcons are a dime a dozen in this country! At least you'll have a hope of getting what it's worth, you'll not get half of what the TL cost to build.


BTW, this bike was TL of the Month (http://www.tlzone.net/forums/tl-month/93254-tlotm-winners-07-a.html) over at TLZone in March 07. Mate if it comes to selling it buying it back wouldnt be possible in the forseeable future,problem is if work goes belly up then theres a whole heap of people looking for bugger all jobs in this small town,a lot of little industries have layed off or gone belly up combined with the freezing works losing 2 chains very early,if the mill loses 130 as predicted then things are going to get tough.Theres a few different things i could do,selling the ute or the other car is one of them.Been down the bank this morning just to confirm the mortgage protection thingy is good to go if need be which it is,though it doesnt kick in for 42 days which is a little annoying but no matter least its good for 6 months.As for what the TL is worth,buggered if i know,im realistic though its a 10 year old bike edit actually its 11.A bloke down here reckons hed cough up 8 for it which is pretty good dosh,it shouldnt bother me but the fact that he will just trash the thing annoys me.

[alley cat]

Noooooooo dont do it. gawd you must be gutted. I love that bike, :eek:and yes yes the whizzy clutch thing is way cool.
Im with the selling of kidneys idea also.

[imdying]

You need a flush vtwin enthusiast to store it for a few years for you ;)

[98tls]

Yea that might be the go mate:niceone:Just been over the supermarket,in the entrance was a newspaper stand with "Summit cuts jobs" etc quoting an unamed source who said from 120 up to 1/3 of the work force will be going,fucken hell we havent been told yet so where they get this stuff from is beyond me.

[Clivoris]

Bro.
It's easily worth 8k. Has to be the best example in NZ. I'm over-extended at the moment, but don't forget to let me know if you're getting rid of the L. Love-machine supermono.

[T.W.R]

:oi-grr: plenty of other shite you could get rid of before the TL would have to go bud, it's irreplaceable, ditch it and you may as well have sat around a camp fire torching $50 notes for an evening with all you've spent on it :doh:

Plus: you couldn't be the poster boy for Kolourcare any more either :rolleyes:

[98tls]

:oi-grr: plenty of other shite you could get rid of before the TL would have to go bud, it's irreplaceable, ditch it and you may as well have sat around a camp fire torching $50 notes for an evening with all you've spent on it :doh:

Plus: you couldn't be the poster boy for Kolourcare any more either :rolleyes: I hear ya Bill,believe me i dont want to get rid of it the old girls a bit special really but if its a needs must then its not really a choice,i dont actually need the thing,yea there other things i could sell but they would either not give me enough of a buffer or in the case of things like the ute more than i need,its not done n dusted yet anyway,big meeting tommorow so will see what they come up with.

[geoffc]

See what spins out at work. You may be one of the staff keeping your job. Its a real bugger. F... those stupid greedy people that created this horrible financial mess. Our thoughts are with you. Tomorrow you have a clearer picture and can plan from there.

[T.W.R]

I hear ya Bill,believe me i dont want to get rid of it the old girls a bit special really but if its a needs must then its not really a choice,i dont actually need the thing,yea there other things i could sell but they would either not give me enough of a buffer or in the case of things like the ute more than i need,its not done n dusted yet anyway,big meeting tommorow so will see what they come up with.

Quit the track bike, the XS750, and pull the pin on that thruxton you've got coin in :msn-wink:

To be honest the ute is a white whale you'd never get what that thing owes you plus at present it's just guzzling gas for you

The TL is your release bud so don't cripple yourself by cutting it free :nono:

[oldrider]

Might just as well throw in a few pics.Aftermarket suspenders/steering damper,heaps of carbon,05 Busa 6 pots/braided lines,aftermarket rearsets/undertray with leds,Supersprox rear sprocket new chain etc blah blah blah.....to much more to list.Since those pics theres been an SV chin spoiler put on it which looks pretty good even if it is off an SV.....lol.

The pics don't do this bike justice, this is one of the nicest bikes I have ever seen! (and I have seen a few)

Sad to hear this Mike, got my fingers crossed for you. Cheers, John

[Mikkel]

I hear ya Bill,believe me i dont want to get rid of it the old girls a bit special really but if its a needs must then its not really a choice,i dont actually need the thing,yea there other things i could sell but they would either not give me enough of a buffer or in the case of things like the ute more than i need,its not done n dusted yet anyway,big meeting tommorow so will see what they come up with.

That is true.

Try and make sure that you won't have any regrets from whichever way you choose to get around this whole financial mess.

Unless you need both of your cars and all of your other stuff I'd think you'd be better off selling something to which you are less attached.

[Okey Dokey]

Hey, buddy, just wanted to say I'm thinking of you today and hoping you don't get the bad news you have been dreading at work. Your bike looks to be a real beauty from the photos, and I daresay is even more impressive in real life.

[slowpoke]

...the old girls a bit special really .

Understatement of the year mate. In conservative ol' NZ where anything but OEM paint is a non no yours is a wonderfully, completely personalised machine.

Like you say though, ya gotta do what ya gotta do. Good luck.

[imdying]

Hey, buddy, just wanted to say I'm thinking of you today and hoping you don't get the bad news you have been dreading at work. Your bike looks to be a real beauty from the photos, and I daresay is even more impressive in real life.Ditto, really hope it doesn't come to the crunch for you mate.

[98tls]

Cheers for the thoughts guys,really good of ya.Well what to say,just sat through the most frustrating 1 1/2 hours ever,they told us nothing we didnt already know:laugh:Wouldnt give us any numbers/shift structures anything though did promise to have it done and dusted within a couple of weeks,they did admit that there was to be redundancies (which we and the rest of the town already knew).I guess theres a process to be followed and thats all there is to it,just thought that since this has been on the cards since October that they may well have been further down the track with sorting it out.Guess its just a few more weeks of hoping for the best eh,best get my bum out on the bike just in case.:laugh:

[JimO]

Cheers for the thoughts guys,really good of ya.Well what to say,just sat through the most frustrating 1 1/2 hours ever,they told us nothing we didnt already know:laugh:Wouldnt give us any numbers/shift structures anything though did promise to have it done and dusted within a couple of weeks,they did admit that there was to be redundancies (which we and the rest of the town already knew).I guess theres a process to be followed and thats all there is to it,just thought that since this has been on the cards since October that they may well have been further down the track with sorting it out.Guess its just a few more weeks of hoping for the best eh,best get my bum out on the bike just in case.:laugh:

i have heard through the grapevine that the prople being made redundant have already been told but have been sworn to secrecy or no payout.......dont know if its true or not

[98tls]

i have heard through the grapevine that the prople being made redundant have already been told but have been sworn to secrecy or no payout.......dont know if its true or not Havent heard that one mate,theres heaps of gobby bastards there who couldnt keep anything a secret if there life depended on it so methinks not.

[ajturbo]

hope you can hang onto it matey...

i remember the day i sold my XJ900... as they were riding away with it, i knew i had made a mistake...
and less than 2 weeks later... wow
a shinny new 1972 CB350/4......

[Okey Dokey]

It must be hard to be left hanging in limbo for a few more weeks. Good luck; hopefully it will turn out well for you and your gorgeous TLS.

[98tls]

hope you can hang onto it matey...

i remember the day i sold my XJ900... as they were riding away with it, i knew i had made a mistake...
and lest than 2 weeks later... wow
a shinny new 1972 CB350/4...... Cheers mate,pretty strange thing after 37 years riding and about the same in bikes owned to get attached to a bike so much,specially one thats coming up 11 years old:shutup:No doubt there will be many more in the future but fact is my plans are/were to own the old S until i could no longer ride the thing,it would be easy enough to i guess buy another but ive owned the thing since near new and besides all the stuff on it i could replace (at mucho $) theres stuff that i simply cant replace as they were made in one off batches of 30 and sold to other nutters like me around the world,madness im sure but a madness i particularly enjoy.:shifty:

[cruza]

Cheers mate,pretty strange thing after 37 years riding and about the same in bikes owned to get attached to a bike so much,specially one thats coming up 11 years old:shutup:No doubt there will be many more in the future but fact is my plans are/were to own the old S until i could no longer ride the thing,it would be easy enough to i guess buy another but ive owned the thing since near new and besides all the stuff on it i could replace (at mucho $) theres stuff that i simply cant replace as they were made in one off batches of 30 and sold to other nutters like me around the world,madness im sure but a madness i particularly enjoy.:shifty:

Don't sell the bloody thing, Done similar things in past and have regreted, last one was my well set up 70 series landcruiser, sold for stuff all compared to the time/bits invested. Should have parked it up under a cover. :love: .
That TL is a keeper.

[Clivoris]

Have to agree with the others bro. Don't sell it. The return for outlay would be the least of all your toys surely.

[NighthawkNZ]

Don't sell it mate... its your pride and joy, you have spent many hours, and $$$ to get it to where it is now...

Selling it is only a short term fix when times get tuff... and then when times are good it takes longer to get it back in the saddle for an bike...

I am sure there would be other things you could sell that aren't wanted, to help... computer... stop internet (no kb), sell your soul...

If you do sell it you will regrett it... (been there done that and I did regret it)

[chanceyy]

hey Mike .. just catching up on threads hon .. dunna sell the old girl .. she is your other half .. the better half that is ..

tough times out there for a lot of ppl .. thinking of ya mate :hug:

talk soon :yes:

[Motig]

Got to agree with everyone else on this. Don't sell the TL, you've spend time and money creating the bike you want and if you sell all your doing is throwing all that away plus as you know you'll never get anything like what its really worth. Keep it. How about looking instead at your other vehicles and work out what you really have them for, like if its not being used 90% of the time do you really need it ? A few years ago I had a bad period on the dole and sold a bike and strange tho it seems although I've got another bike I still miss the old one (is that weird or what:crazy:). Anyway all the best and hope everything turns out OK for you Mike. Arn't you close to retirement anyway !:dodge:

[AllanB]

A arse of a situation.

I'd like to say if it was mine, I'd put on a mini-skirt, wax my chest and stand on a street corner offering $10 hand-jobs before I sold it. (WTF is a hand-job worth these days?????).

But

If you have kids - you sell what ever you can to keep them in clothes and food.

Hopefully it won't be necessary.

$ wise $8k minimum - dealers sell ratty ones for $8.

[JimO]

A arse of a situation.

(WTF is a hand-job worth these days?????).





you would :Pokey:probably get away with charging what you used to charge

[Mom]

Havent heard that one mate,theres heaps of gobby bastards there who couldnt keep anything a secret if there life depended on it so methinks not.

It is part of the process that they legally have to follw is all mate. Very unsettling for everyone, lets home you are not one of the unlucky ones eh?

[98tls]

Well one step further down the track,got told today that 80 are going so now its back to the waiting game,no criteria given on the selection process.So fingers crossed (again).

[TLJimmy]

Fuck mate that's a real bummer. Personally I'd be selling cars, kidneys and kids before my beloved TL:laugh:. Why don't you part it out - I need some 'busa 6pots and master??? I've got a billet sprocket cover, braided lines and TLR swinger on the way, and those brakes are the last mod I need to do for a while (I'm fabbing my own undertail at the mo too).

Isn't the TL an awesome platform to mod...

I hope things come right for you mate.

[98tls]

Fuck mate that's a real bummer. Personally I'd be selling cars, kidneys and kids before my beloved TL:laugh:. Why don't you part it out - I need some 'busa 6pots and master??? I've got a billet sprocket cover, braided lines and TLR swinger on the way, and those brakes are the last mod I need to do for a while (I'm fabbing my own undertail at the mo too).

Isn't the TL an awesome platform to mod...

I hope things come right for you mate. Cheers Jimmy,Nope wont be parting her out mate,all the aftermarket stuff really doesnt make it worth anymore in the real world so if the worst came to the worst i would take it all off stack it with all the other TL bits in the garage and flick it off with the oem stuff back on.Ive a heap of good shit that still hasnt been fitted so i guess i could always buy a shitter take it to bits and put it back together again with all the good bits.Cheers for the offer though.:shifty:

[TLJimmy]

Cheers Jimmy,Nope wont be parting her out mate,all the aftermarket stuff really doesnt make it worth anymore in the real world so if the worst came to the worst i would take it all off stack it with all the other TL bits in the garage and flick it off with the oem stuff back on.Ive a heap of good shit that still hasnt been fitted so i guess i could always buy a shitter take it to bits and put it back together again with all the good bits.Cheers for the offer though.:shifty:


That was my next suggestion - what would you want for the calipers/master cyl.?; I could swap my 4 potters/MC if you want. PM me if you do want to move some stuff. Cheers mate, James.

[rocketman1]

Mate you are gonna regret this move for the rest of yours days.
Dont do it.
Do whatever to hold onto a bike like that.
I think you should have the message by now, your a fool to sell, and by the way you looked after it I can see your no fool
Enough said..........!!

[98tls]

All done and dusted,still employed so all good,in the shed it stays.:niceone:

[gatch]

All done and dusted,still employed so all good,in the shed it stays.:niceone:

Fuckin sweet, good news mate.

[geoffc]

All done and dusted,still employed so all good,in the shed it stays.:niceone:

Great piece of news! Will look out for you on the TL. Cheers

[Morcs]

my old TL is on tardme for a $1 reserve. closes tomorrow, at 4.5k at current.
I traded it at $6k...

Good deal for someone.
And No, I didnt put that gay-as hugger on, colemans did.